In
physical rehabilitation
Physical therapy (PT), also known as physiotherapy, is one of the allied health professions. It is provided by physical therapists who promote, maintain, or restore health through physical examination, diagnosis, management, prognosis, patien ...
and
sports training
Practice is the act of rehearsing a behaviour repeatedly, to help learn and eventually master a skill. The word derives from the Greek "πρακτική" (''praktike''), feminine of "πρακτικός" (''praktikos''), "fit for or concerned with ...
, the SAID principle asserts that the
human body adapts specifically to imposed demands. It demonstrates that, given stressors on the human system, whether
biomechanical or
neurological
Neurology (from el, νεῦρον (neûron), "string, nerve" and the suffix -logia, "study of") is the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of all categories of conditions and disease involving the brain, the spinal ...
, there will be a ''Specific Adaptation to Imposed Demands'' (SAID).
For example, by only doing
pull-ups on the same regular pull-up bar, the body becomes adapted to this specific physical demand, but not necessarily to other
climbing
Climbing is the activity of using one's hands, feet, or any other part of the body to ascend a steep topographical object that can range from the world's tallest mountains (e.g. the eight thousanders), to small boulders. Climbing is done fo ...
patterns or environments.
In 1958,
Berkeley
Berkeley most often refers to:
*Berkeley, California, a city in the United States
**University of California, Berkeley, a public university in Berkeley, California
* George Berkeley (1685–1753), Anglo-Irish philosopher
Berkeley may also refer ...
Professor of
Physical Education
Physical education, often abbreviated to Phys Ed. or P.E., is a subject taught in schools around the world. It is usually taught during primary and secondary education, and encourages psychomotor learning by using a play and movement explorat ...
Franklin M. Henry proposed the "Specificity Hypothesis of
Motor Learning
Motor learning refers broadly to changes in an organism's movements that reflect changes in the structure and function of the nervous system. Motor learning occurs over varying timescales and degrees of complexity: humans learn to walk or talk over ...
".
Progression
# start basic/simple then move to advance/complex
# slow to fast
# low force to high force
# short distance to long distance
# bilaterally to unilaterally
# gradually use the
Overload Principle.
See also
*
Strength training
Strength training or resistance training involves the performance of physical exercises that are designed to improve strength and endurance. It is often associated with the lifting of weights. It can also incorporate a variety of training te ...
*
Supercompensation
In sports science theory, supercompensation refers to the post training period during which the trained function/parameter has a higher performance capacity than it did prior to the training period.
Description
Adaptation of load is called supe ...
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Cybernetics
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Velocity Based Training (VBT)
References
Physical therapy
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